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Archive for October, 2007
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Wayne State University will receive over $6 million from the recently awarded National Children’s Study. Dr. Robert Sokol will lead Wayne State’s efforts in the most ambitious children’s health study of its kind in the nation.
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
 The NephCure Foundation honored Tej Mattoo, M.D., professor of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine and Chief of Pediatric Nephrology & Hypertension at Children’s Hospital of Michigan, for his efforts seeking the cause and cure for the kidney conditions, Nephrotic Syndrome and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
The Animal Investigation Committee (AIC) announced the creation of a new protocol submission process that has significantly improved the protocol approval rate and reduced the paperwork required for submission In June, the AIC implemented a protocol pre-review process and began accepting protocol submissions via email The pre-review of new protocols by the WSU veterinarians has increased the provisional approval rate for protocols submitted in July and August to 59%, up from the 15% approval rate during the previous six months!
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
For over 18 years, Jayne S. Weiss, M.D., professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at WSU’s School of Medicine has been studying a rare inherited corneal disease, Schnyder’s crystalline corneal dystrophy (SCCD).
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Dr. Scott Moffat, assistant professor at WSU’s Institute of Gerontology and the Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has received a $1.46 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging (NIA) for research on cortisol, another hormone thought to influence the brain’s health and functions.
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
The Presidents of the University of Windsor and Wayne State University recently came together with the mayor of Windsor, Mr. Eddie Francis, to discuss an international collaborative project, known as the North American Public Health Institute (NAPHI), which the two universities are creating to address public health issues.
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
Wayne State University and the Center for Urban and African American Health are hosting the President’s Conference on Health Disparities on November 15, 2007 at WSU’s McGregor Conference Center. Healthcare professionals and students are invited to submit abstracts concerning the treatment and prevention of health disparities to be considered for presentation.
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
It’s the last week to register for the big event about little things, a national conference on Emerging Nanoscience Applications in Technology and Biomedicine (ENATBIO), which will take place on October 15 and 16 at WSU’s McGregor Conference Center. WSU faculty can pre-register at the discounted rate of $100 and WSU students can pre-register at the discounted rate of $50.
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
On October 23, 2007, the Office of the Vice President for Research is hosting a seminar on Export Control with presentations by Dr. Susan Sedwick from the University of Texas, and FBI Special Agent, Christopher Golomb. The seminar will be held at the Law School Auditorium from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
To allow faculty and graduate students easy access to information about research funding opportunities available through these units, the Office of the Vice President for Research annually compiles the Internal Research Support Booklet
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